Open Science – should provide support

"The Open Science paradigm has gained considerable importance over the last ten years. The diverse actors in the science system have made great efforts to further develop the Open Science principles.

Global political crises have recently highlighted the areas in which the Open Science community needs to reflect its concerns more intensively.

This “Open Letter” provides an impulse to initiate this reflection.

It focuses on two core theses:

• Beyond ideological boundaries, the Open Science movement should address the question of whether and, if so, under which framework conditions “closeness” can be appropriate in global, political crises.
• Openness must not be abused to place sanctions in global, political crises by closing open offers...."